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Terrestrial Energy USA and Energy Northwest have announced today that they have reached a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the terms of the possible siting, construction and operation of an Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR®) power plant at one of its candidate sites, the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in southeastern Idaho.

​Turkey has vast Thorium reserves and a growing interest has been noticed over the years.​Now, the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey has concluded:Turkey is preparing to establish a thorium-based low power, breeder-type fast spectrum prototype reactor.

Copenhagen Atomics, a Danish TMSR technology start-up, did a live presentation of their molten salt loop in November 2017 and this has now been made available for everyone to see.​"... you have the possibility of having a really rapid prototyping period where you can run experiments, learn from your mistakes and build new, better and safer reactors."

This is the first time industrial-type ThMox pellets have been fabricated and irradiated with a focus on commercial deployment. The thorium oxide was provided by Solvay. ​​​​"Through this loading of fuel in Halden, we have reached a major milestone and an important stepping stone towards commercial approval for thorium based fuels in existing light water reactors (LWRs). "